Salomon Brothers
An investment bank where Browder worked before leaving in the mid-1990s to invest in Russia.
Where Salomon Brothers comes up1 episode or test
- 1Dull topicChinese wall chapter at Salomon Brothers
- 2Find the conflictA rival wanted to report him
- 3Show the tensionInternal police marched him out
- 4Readers are hookedThey never knew walls could be exciting
From Browder on writing Red Notice
What was said about Salomon Brothers
A dull Chinese wall scene at Salomon became gripping once Browder found the conflict. In Red Notice, Browder wrote a chapter about the Chinese wall at Salomon Brothers. It worked because a rival wanted to report him and internal police marched him out. Readers told him they never knew Chinese walls could be so exciting.
Browder says the storytelling, not the prose, makes a scene work: "anything can be exciting. And again, it's not about the writing. It's about the storytelling." He used the same approach on a dull deposition in Freezing Order, looking for the thread of drama and tension.
How to Write a Book People Can’t Put Down — Bill Browder
A chapter about the Chinese wall at Salomon worked because a rival wanted to report Browder and he was marched out by internal police. Readers said they never knew Chinese walls could be so exciting.
A dull Chinese wall scene at Salomon became gripping once Browder found the conflict. In Red Notice, Browder wrote a chapter about the Chinese wall at Salomon Brothers. It worked because a rival wanted to report him and internal police marched him out. Readers told him they never knew Chinese walls could be so exciting.
Browder says the storytelling, not the prose, makes a scene work: "anything can be exciting. And again, it's not about the writing. It's about the storytelling." He used the same approach on a dull deposition in Freezing Order, looking for the thread of drama and tension.
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